Plural or Singular?

0 Hello EE 02br
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00#1 gives an impression of one button; so I think you have to choose #2! 02br
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0 Mr. P is correct. 02br
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00I would add that the commas belong before the quotation marks (inside the closing mark). 0-

0 Assume the panel has 3 buttons: "on", "off", and "variable". Is sentence #1 or #2 correct? Could both be correct depending on context? 02br
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001) Observe the "on", "off", and "variable" button. 02br
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002) Observe the "on", "off", and "variable" buttons. 02br
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0 MrP, regarding #1. Do you mean that it sounds like the only button available is "variable"? I'm still slightly confused because when you use the plural (buttons), it sounds to me that there are multiple "on", "off", and "variable" buttons. Maybe I'm just thinking about this too much. 0-

0 Hello EE 02br
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00I would say it sounds as if the button has 3 settings. 02br
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00Does that help? 02br
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00MrP 0-

0 Check out this recent, related thread: 02br
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0 Button surveys? Freudian infants? Tumble-dried felines? I can't help feeling that this subject is leading to some very strange behaviour on the part of some of its contributors. 02br
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0 Honorable Mr. P, 02br
00I'm out of my depth on this one: 05002br
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00Can you rescue me? 040pid109714